‘Today’ Mourns Death of Superfan Linny Boyette (Watch)

“Today” superfan Linny Boyette, a Rockefeller Center fixture, hardly missed a single morning in 20 years.

*You saw him outside of the “Today” show window – rain or shine, sleet or snow – just standing there quietly observing the segments, or pointing to the camera as it sweeps a shot of the crowd.

His name was Linny Boyette, a 71-year-old military veteran who was born in England but lived in the Bronx. He woke up every day at 3:30 a.m. to make sure he could secure his front row spot on the plaza by 5:30 a.m., according to NBC. “It makes my day,” he told “Today” in 2010.

However, health problems earlier this year prevented Boyette from attending the show regularly in his final months. Last week, a friend of Boyette’s told the Today crew that he was gravely ill.

Boyette died on Sunday after suffering a heart attack. The show dedicated a segment to him this morning [Oct. 6].

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